Victor Hugo PIKE

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Service Number:	2654
Enlisted:	6 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Tungkillo, South Australia, Australia, 4 October 1891
Home Town:	Magill, Campbelltown, South Australia
Schooling:	Tungkillo School, South Australia
Occupation:	Truck driver
Died:	Killed in Action, At sea (HMAT Warilda A69), 3 August 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Magill Honour Board, Mount Pleasant District Memorial, Mount Pleasant Pictorial Honour Roll, Mount Pleasant Roll of Honor, Rose Park Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Tungkillo Memorial Wall, Tungkillo Roll of Honor, Tungkillo War Memorial

6 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 5th Pioneer Battalion
21 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
3 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2654, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Lost at sea HT Warialda - torpedoed

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Victory Hugo PIKE was born on 4th October, 1891 at Tungkillo, South Australia

His parents were William PIKE and Mary SCOTT